What did a Gaelic warrior actually look like? Not the romanticised image โ the real thing, backed by historical evidence. Step back into the turbulent world of 16th-century Gaelic Ireland…
How an ancient faith didn't die โ it transformed...
Back by popular demand! The most requested guest of 2025 returns โ and this time, we go deeper, stranger, and more thought-provoking than ever before. Picking up where we left…
Step into the captivating and mystical world of acclaimed Irish visionary artist Maria Johnston. In this intimate and revealing interview, Maria generously shares the fascinating evolution of her creative journey…
๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฝ-๐จ๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ: ๐ญ๐ฎ, ๐ญ๐ฏ, ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต @ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป, ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐. ๐๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ Permanent Stand in the National Gallery of Ireland Dive into the enchanting…
Join Ciarรกn McMahon and me as we talk to Ray Keogh, who first noticed that certain landmarks were aligned while visiting Egypt. This realisation led to his searching for similar…
Few artists have done more to shape the visual language of Irish mythology than Jim Fitzpatrick. With a brush that seems equally at home in the ancient and the modern, Fitzpatrick has spent decades conjuring the gods, warriors, and otherworldly beings of Gaelic/Celtic legend into vivid, unforgettable life...
A peculiarity we find in many late medieval and early modern depictions of Gaelic warriors are their swords, which often seem to be "flared" or widened towards the end, a…
The significance of the number three to the early Irish is evident in the literature, mythology, and laws of early Ireland, which abounds in triplets and triads. There are three triple-goddess personifications of sovereignty and of Ireland; the triple forms of the Morrรญgan and the motif of the threefold death; as well as the three-leaved shamrock Saint Patrick used to teach the native Irish of the 5th century about the Holy Trinity. This article explores the concept of "three" in Irish history, mythology, and belief.
Explore the significance of the number three in Irish mythology, literature, and culture. From the triple spiral pattern found on Newgrange, to the triple goddess of sovereignty, to the motif…